Women's History Month Events
March 6
Starr Symposium – Lyn Mikel Brown
Join the UMKC Women's Center and Women's Council in welcoming Lyn Mikel Brown for the 2008 Starr Symposium. This year's Symposium will consist of two events:
1 p.m. Workshop: Raising Media Savvy Girls
Location: UMKC University Center, room 106
Mean. Sexy. Diva. Boy-crazy. Shopper. The image of girls and girlhood that is being sold to girls isn't pretty in pink. It's stereotypical, demeaning, limiting, and alarming. Girl power has been co-opted by marketers of music, fashion, books, and television to mean the power to shop, attract boys, compete with other girls and perform a consumer version of popularity for everyone. In this workshop we examine media images that encourage the kinds of behavior, dress, and interactions among girls that schools and parents find increasingly alarming. Together we will develop strategies for working with girls and teaching media literacy. Registration required. To register for this workshop, contact the Women's Center at 816.235.1638 or umkc-womens-center@umkc.edu.
6 p.m. Lecture: Packaging Girlhood
Location: UMKC University Center, Pierson Auditorium
Packaging Girlhood is a book by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown that helps guide parents through attempts to claim girls by marketers and the media. Lamb and Brown show parents the image of girls (sexy, diva, boy-crazy, shoppers (that's being packaged and sold to them as pretty in pink. They write about how "girl power" has been co-opted by marketers of music, fashion, books, cartoons, TB shows, movies, toys, and more to mean the power to shop and attract boys, and how girls are encouraged to use their "voice" to choose accessorizing over academics, sex appeal over sports, and boyfriends over friends. In the book, Lamb and Brown expose these stereotypes and the very limited choices presented of who girls are and what they can be. They give advice to parents about how they can guide their daughters through these negative images without taking a "Just say no" perspective. Tickets Required. Tickets will be available starting January 25th. To reserve your free ticket, contact the Central Ticket Office at 816.235.6222.
March 7
6 - 8 p.m. They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War
Location: The Culture House Gallery, African American History and Culture House, 5245 Rockhill Road
Photographic exhibit accounting the local African American participation in World War I. Reception hosted by Dr. Pellom McDaniels, III. Lecture will focus on the contribution of local African American women to the war effort. Exhibit is on display through March 14. Gallery hours: Tue - Fri, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sponsored by the African American History & Culture House, Student Affairs, Department of History, and the Chancellor's Office. For more information, contact Arzie Umali at 816.235.6609 or umalia@umkc.edu.
March 11
Deborah Siegel, Ph.D.
2 .pm. Daytime Workshop: Making it Pop: Translating Your Research For Trade
Location: UMKC University Center, Alumni room
Too often, important academic work fails to reach an audience outside the academy. To sell a book in today's competitive publishing climate, one must be able to write engaging, accessible prose that will appeal to a wide audience. These skills can be learned. This workshop is designed to help researchers and others cross this bridge by learning about the key elements involved in writing a book for "trade." Limited space available. Please register at (816) 235-1638 or umkc-womens-center@umkc.edu.
Evening Lecture: Who Framed Feminism? Popularizing Rhetoric Across Generations
7 p.m. Location: UMKC University Center, Pierson Auditorium
In this talk, Deborah Siegel, author of Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild, takes a fresh look at the fights and frenzies around U.S. feminism across four decades. From WITCH (Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell) to Bitch magazine, much has changed in the world of feminism, its rhetorics, and its fights. But far more has stayed the same. Women young and old sometimes lose sight of how and why, or fail to see each other as engaged in the same larger battle. Instead, we are left fighting ourselves. Siegel reaches across the generational divide to show how younger women are both reliving the battles of feminism's past, and reinventing it - with a vengeance.
March 13
Poster Session: Student Research in Women’s and Gender Studies
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 106 Univeristy Center
All undergraduate, graduate, and professional students of UMKC are invited and encouraged to participate in the Women’s History Month Student Poster Session. We welcome all types of scholarly research that have a focus on women and gender studies—from the creative to the critical, the historic to the contemporary, the scientific to the artistic. UMKC faculty will serve as judges, and monetary awards will be given to the best poster presentations.
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Hoops and Heels: Women Helping Women Through Business and Sports
4:30 - 6 p.m. Location: Exhibition Hall below Municipal Auditorium
Start with Happy Hour appetizers and door prizes. Then head upstairs to catch the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Championship. Presented by Women's Intersport Network for Kansas City (WIN for KC) and the Kansas Women's Business Center (KWBC). Ticket price: $30 per person; $140 per team of 5 (teams registering together save $10).
For more information or to register, visit www.sportkc.org
March 17
UMKC Pride Annual Lecture Series
6 p.m.Location: UMKC University Center
Keynote speaker Dr. Kathryn Bond Stockton, professor of English and director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah presents her lecture "Queer Theory and You." Event is free to the public. Sponsored by the Division of Diversity, Access and Equity. For more information, contact Kristi Ryujin at ryujink@umkc.edu or 816.235.1727.
March 20
Kirby Randolph, Ph.D.
History of Women in U.S. Asylums and Prisons
Noon. Location: UMKC Administrative Center, Plaza room
Kirby Randolph, Assistant Professor, History and Philosophy of Medicine and Director, Cultural Enhancement and Diversity at the University of Kansas Medical School, will discuss racial disparities and the lives of African American women with and without chronic and severe mental illness. Her talk will be based on preliminary results from her oral history project with African American women living with mental illness in Philadelphia, as well as a critical race theory analysis of health disparities research.
March 21 - May 30
Dolls
Tue - Fri, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: The Culture House Gallery, 5245 Rockhill Road
This art exhibit celebrates Women's History Month and features hand-crafted dolls as an icon of girlhood. Featured artists include Nedra Bonds, Peggy Love, Sonie Ruffin, and others. Admission is free. Reception Saturday, April 5, 1 - 3 p.m. Sponsored by the African American History & Culture House. For more information, contact Arzie Umali at 816.235.6609 or umalia@umkc.edu.
Saturday, April 5
The Artist's Workshop: Making Dolls with Nedra Bonds
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: The African American History & Culture House, 5245 Rockhill Road
Learn to make a hand-made doll with local artist and doll maker Nedra Bonds. Beginner to advanced sewers welcome. Space is limited and registration is required. There is a $25 fee for non-students or $10 for students that includes fabric, pattern and written instructions. For more information, contact Arzie Umali at 816.235.6609 or umalia@umkc.edu
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